--- "Scot P. Floess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So...to be honest... > > I am working on something that will allow me to > download whole projects > and install...only if not installed. Yes, I know > about Ivy ;) And will > be incorporating soon... >
In Ant's distro (I think, else in SVN HEAD) you can check out the cooperation between fetch.xml and get-m2.xml . This does something like what you're talking about. > So, what I was trying to do was...if something is > installed, download > it, unpack it and then taskdef the appropriate > stuff...like > Ant-Contrib... There are some projects - JavaCC and > FindBugs that > require the whole download... I thought it'd be > nice to have the above > mentioned capabilities... > > I can definitely get around this...and have... Just > wanted to avoid > some pesky warning messages when the library isn't > installed yet... > > So, what are the advantages of antlib? I've not > used it... > Um, when you taskdef a resource whose basename is antlib.xml, you're using antlibs. The advantage IMO of using the xml ns mapping I pointed to is automation and terseness. The fetch.xml example shows that it can be used at an arbitrary level e.g. project/target/sequential as well. HTH, Matt > Matt Benson wrote: > > --- "Scot P. Floess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Yeah it definitely doesn't work. It gets even > >> better... If I try to do > >> something after the <taskdef> - for example > >> <ant-contrib:var name = > >> "FOO" unset = "true"/> I get this kind of error: > >> > > > > Not sure about your problem, and it probably bears > > looking into, but if you're just going to import > the > > whole antlib to a namespace anyway, have you tried > > importing as in the example at: > > > > > file:///Users/mbenson/oss/asf/ant/docs/manual/CoreTypes/antlib.html#antlibnamespace > > > > I prefer this way. :) > > > > -Matt > > > > > >> > /home/rdu/sfloess/development/test/ant2/build.xml:2: > >> The following error > >> occurred while executing this line: > >> > >> > > > /home/rdu/sfloess/development/test/ant2/third-party.xml:45: > > > >> The prefix > >> "ant-contrib" for element "ant-contrib:var" is > not > >> bound. > >> > >> > >> Matt Benson wrote: > >> > >>> --- "Scot P. Floess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I'd like to call <taskdef> either in a <target> > >>>> > >> or a > >> > >>>> <macrodef>. > >>>> However, when doing so it seems as if the call > is > >>>> ignored or forgotten > >>>> afterward: > >>>> > >>>> > >>> That shouldn't be the case. If you can create a > >>> > >> small > >> > >>> and reproducible example, pop it into Bugzilla. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Either: > >>>> > >>>> <target name = "ensure-installed"> > >>>> <taskdef resource = > >>>> "net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" uri = > >>>> "http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net"; > description > >>>> > >> = > >> > >>>> "Needed to use > >>>> ant-contrib."> > >>>> <classpath> > >>>> <pathelement location = > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > "/local/sfloess/test/lib/ant-contrib/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/> > > > >>> > >>> > >>>> </classpath> > >>>> </taskdef> > >>>> </target> > >>>> > >>>> Or > >>>> > >>>> <macrodef name = "ensure-installed"> > >>>> <sequential> > >>>> <taskdef resource = > >>>> "net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" uri = > >>>> "http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net"; > description > >>>> > >> = > >> > >>>> "Needed to use > >>>> ant-contrib."> > >>>> <classpath> > >>>> <pathelement location = > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > "/local/sfloess/test/lib/ant-contrib/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/> > > > >>> > >>> > >>>> </classpath> > >>>> </taskdef> > >>>> </sequential> > >>>> </macrodef> > >>>> > >>>> I am running JDK 1.6 and ant 1.7.1 > >>>> > >>>> I didn't readily see anything stating this > can't > >>>> > >> be > >> > >>>> done... Of course, > >>>> I didn't spend too much time investigating... [SNIP] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
